[dfwgator]

Perhaps the worst crime of all the Nazis committed was to make many of those who fought them lose a bit of their humanity. How many men returned from the war, broken, having seen and experienced things no human should ever have to, to do what had to be done?

[Chickensoup]

We do that now.

For some reason we force our rescue cand military to get pieces of people after disasters. WTC airplane crashes etc.

Many people on disability after working those sites.

Some times we just need to bury the dead and not dig up every shard.

[Gay State Conservative]

I was luckier than many of my peers in that I've never served in,or near,combat. However I have,as a civilian,worked for years in a big city ER. I,like all those who've worked in a similar setting,have seen death in all its forms...cancer,heart attacks,AIDS,car accidents,gunshot wounds,stab wounds,suicide. Of course my experience doesn't come close to that of those who liberated places like Dachau but I *have* been affected...and not in an entirely positive way.

My late sister-in-law's Dad saw combat during WWII. She said he *never* talked about it.Ditto my late brother-in-law's Dad.